Word Meaning 開館

かいかん kaikan

開館 is read as かいかん (kaikan) and means opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.).

Meaning

English

opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)

Reading

Kana

かいかん

Romaji

kaikan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Antonyms 閉館 Rank 15334 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

開発

かいはつ

development

開ける

あける

to begin (of the New Year)

開会

かいかい

opening of a meeting

開始

かいし

start

開店

かいてん

opening a new shop

開き

ひらき

dried and opened fish

開業

かいぎょう

opening a business

開く

ひらく

to change (kanji into hiragana)

開ける

ひらける

to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.)

開通

かいつう

reopening (e.g. of a road to traffic)

開業医

かいぎょうい

private clinician

開国

かいこく

founding a country

Example Sentences

土日月の午前１０時半から午後４時まで開館。

Open from 10:30am to 4pm on Sat, Sun, and Mon.

「こんな朝早くから開館してるんですか？」「私は顔パスよ」

"Will they be open this early in the morning?" "They'll let me in on sight."